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The Famous "KIOA
Nine Forty" logo

Throughout the years, KIOA had many jingle
packages and the station signature logo took several forms. One
of the longest running logos was the familiar "KIOA Nine
Forty" logo from Pams Productions of Dallas Texas. Although
KIOA was one of the first stations in the country to use that
logo, it originated at KLIF in Dallas/Ft Worth and later became
the signature for the Pams Corporation itself.

Peter McLane purchased the first jingles using
this logo around 1965. The first cuts were from Pams Series 17.
Peter purchased a lot of jingles from Pams down through the years
and even bought a few jingles from other companies, but still
used the KLIF logo.

No other logo lasted as long at KIOA and the
"KIOA Nine Forty" is as legendary as the station itself
and is synonymous with it.

This montage starts with series #17 and features
many of the familiar KIOA jingles of that era. Series #27 (The
Jet Set) featured a male group singing the lyrics with an incredible
soprano as part of the accompaniment.

The KLIF logo was used in most of the jingles,
but toward the end of the montage, there is a variation of the
logo. The logo was just about gone by the late 70's, but returned
for a while when the station switched to the Oldies format in
1986. Pams Productions went out of business in 1978. The oldies
cut featured at the end of the montage was done in the early
90's and was produced by a company other than Pams.

The oldies 93.3 KIOA jingles currently in
use utilizes a modified version of the KLIF logo. As sung, the
"KIOA" starts off like the old logo but ends in an
upward note rather than the almost mysterious inflection of the
legendary logo.

KIOA 940 jingle montage with
the Pams KLIF logo.

KIOA
Pams Series 2 Jingle. This will show how far Pams advanced through
the years.